RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet

CIA World Factbook

This well-known reference has wide-ranging summary data on 268
countries and other entities from around the world. While the economic
information is of the snapshot variety, it includes a written overview
and some 20 current observations of key economic values. There is also
extensive information on geographical, demographic, government,
communications, transportation, military, and "transnational issues"
for each country. Globstar takes many of the series in this data
and ranks countries by their values.